Causes of European Explorations
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Earlier Explorations
1. New Player EuropeExpansion and exploration becomes important to the Kings of Europe (wanted more money!)Better seaworthy ships.
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Motives for European Exploration
1. European countries seeking new sources of money.
2. Technological advances.3. Fame and fortune.
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New Maritime Technologies
Hartman Astrolabe
(1532)
Better Maps [Portulan]
Sextant
Mariner’s Compass
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New Weapons Technology
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European trade routes
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A Map of the Known World, pre- 1492
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• Become a world power through gaining wealth and land. (GLORY)
• Search for new trade routes with direct access to Asian/African luxury goods would enrich individuals and their nations (GOLD)
• Spread Christianity and weaken Middle Eastern Muslims. (GOD)
The 3 motives reinforce each other
Direct Causes = 3 G’s of
Exploration
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EFFECTS• Europeans reach and settle Americas
• Expanded knowledge of world geography• Growth of trade
• Indian conflicts over land and impact of disease on Indian populations
• Introduction of the institution of slavery• Columbian Exchange
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EFFECTS• Mercantilism- Economic system were strongest
countries had the most money or gold.• All powerful contries are desperately trying to
find more gold
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* Squash * Avocado * Peppers * Sweet Potatoes* Turkey * Pumpkin * Tobacco * Quinine* Cocoa * Pineapple * Cassava * POTATO* Peanut * Tomato * Vanilla * MAIZE * Syphillis
* Olive * Coffee Beans * Banana * Rice* Onion * Turnip * Honeybee * Barley* Grape * Peach * Sugar Cane * Oats* Citrus Fruits * Pear * Wheat * HORSE* Cattle * Sheep * Pig * Smallpox* Flu * Typhus * Measles * Malaria* Diptheria * Whooping Cough
Columbian Exchange or the transfer of goods involved 3 continents, Americas, Europe and Africa